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specific communities. Some examples identified in the literature include: the
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MOVE – future in sight ( ) and Hürdenspringer ( ) programmes in Germany,
directed at young people from Turkish and Arab backgrounds; the Centro Donna
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Città Aperte ( ), strongly responsive to the needs of Islamic women in Torino,
Italy. Frequently, the more culturally adapted approaches will be connected to
gender issues (discussing culturally-based gender stereotype) or to the
prevention and recovery of dropouts (using systemic methodologies).
Predefined sets of responses to cultural characteristics may sometimes
undermine the response to individual client needs. It is important to acknowledge
the shared problems and circumstances of immigrant groups, but this concern
and identification should not replace the individual as the centre of the
interventions, departing from his/her aspirations, needs, skills, interests, enabling
and assisting personal reflection and decisions. Practices must promote
awareness of the society and individuals’ potential to develop in its context,
rather than acting as a normalising procedure. Two examples of practices that
attempt to combine cultural and individual dimensions are the CED (France) and
the National Careers Service Provision in the United Kingdom.

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